The next day.

Ye Chen opened his eyes amidst haziness, to a splendid sunny day. Even with the curtains drawn, he could feel the clear, bright day outside.

Ye Chen moved his body a bit, while Chu Yanran was beside him, still deep in a beautiful dream.

Half an hour later, Ye Chen took Chu Yanran for breakfast, then they drove around for a while before heading to Chu Yanran's villa.

Ye Chen planned to place the treasures he had in his hands into Chu Yanran's villa, letting this business empress manage them, converting them into vast wealth and practical resources.

The value of these treasures was immeasurable. If all were sold, the wealth obtained could establish a veritable empire of money!

Ye Chen drove into Chu Yanran's villa, and just as he parked the car, a shadow hurriedly approached them.

"Yanran, are you alright?" Tong Xingtong asked Chu Yanran with some concern.

Chu Yanran had not returned home overnight, and now she arrived in an unfamiliar car, which worried Tong Xingtong immensely.

"I'm fine."

Chu Yanran stepped out of the car, giving Tong Xingtong a charming smile that possessed a breathtaking beauty.

"This!"

Tong Xingtong could hardly believe it. Chu Yanran seemed like a young girl, vibrant and radiant, undergoing an unimaginable transformation.

"Hehe."

The smile on Chu Yanran's face grew thicker, and she too recognized the changes within herself, her whole being radiating youth and an invigorated vigor.

"Chu Yanran, why didn't you come home yesterday? I called you, and you even turned off your phone!" Tong Xingtong suddenly turned cold.

"I was with Ye Chen yesterday," Chu Yanran said.

"What, Ye Chen!" Tong Xingtong exclaimed.

"Why are you calling handsome?" Ye Chen stepped out of the car.

"I'm calling the name of my house's watchdog!" Tong Xingtong saw Ye Chen and began to scoff coldly.

Tong Xingtong and Chu Yanran were close, but ever since Ye Chen appeared, Chu Yanran had begun to change her heart, and Tong Xingtong now deeply despised Ye Chen.

"Ye Chen, thanks for bringing Yanran back, but you are not welcome here. Please leave the way you came!" Tong Xingtong ordered Ye Chen to leave.

"Tong Xingtong, don't go too far!"

As Tong Xingtong tried to send Ye Chen away, Chu Yanran immediately became angry.

"Don't forget your place; Ye Chen is my boyfriend. What right do you have to send him away?" Chu Yanran said coldly. "Tong Xingtong, if you continue to act recklessly, you will leave, leave me and leave Yanran International!"

Chu Yanran's stern look left Tong Xingtong stunned, disbelief filling her beautiful eyes.

"Don't provoke my bottom line!"

Chu Yanran and Tong Xingtong faced each other, both stern, the empress's authority fully evident.

Tong Xingtong's hand trembled, filled with a mix of grievance and fear.

"Ye Chen, let's go back to the villa."

Eventually, Chu Yanran took Ye Chen by the arm and led him back to the villa, leaving Tong Xingtong isolated and alone.

"Chu Yanran, how could you treat me like this? I'm so angry!"

Tong Xingtong's eyes became somewhat moist, but she looked up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, holding back her tears forcefully.

"Ye Chen, I will make sure you leave!" Tong Xingtong marched forward, her fighting spirit high, determined to reclaim her own happiness.

Ye Chen was an extraordinary figure. Tong Xingtong had been afflicted by Fang Ruolan's malicious charm, and it was Ye Chen who had stepped in to save her, for which Tong Xingtong was grateful. Her impression of Ye Chen had greatly improved.

However, the idea of Ye Chen taking Chu Yanran away was unbearable for Tong Xingtong, and any good impression she had swiftly disappeared.

In the villa's living room, Ye Chen sat comfortably on the couch, while Chu Yanran was busy making tea for him.

Tong Xingtong, like a ghost, appeared silently and sat down across from Ye Chen, her face cold as ice.

"Ye Chen, try this tea." Chu Yanran brought a cup of clear tea to Ye Chen. "I can't make tea, but this is my treasured Da Hong Pao; it should taste quite nice."

"Mmm, it tastes good, much better than Su Binglan's tea-making skills," said Ye Chen as he took a sip, giving Chu Yanran a thumbs-up.

"Really?" Chu Yanran exclaimed in surprise.

Su Binglan was a master of tea, both in tea tasting and brewing, at a master's level. Chu Yanran hadn't expected Ye Chen to actually say her tea-making was better than Su Binglan's.

"Mmm, I never tell lies," Ye Chen said earnestly.

"Glib and sugary words," Tong Xingtong suddenly remarked coldly.

The eye communication between Ye Chen and Chu Yanran made Tong Xingtong very uncomfortable.

"Tong Xingtong, I know you're sick, but that doesn't mean you can bite randomly," Ye Chen said, slightly displeased.

"You're the one who's sick!" Tong Xingtong retorted coldly.

"..."

"Alright, Yanran, let's get down to business first," Ye Chen said. "Where is that secret basement of yours? I'll stash the treasures there first."

Chu Yanran told Ye Chen that her villa had a secret basement with robust security features, suggesting that he could pile all those numerous treasures in the basement.

"They are heading to the basement, what's actually going on?" Tong Xingtong was somewhat suspicious, not knowing about the treasures and thus quite puzzled.

Chu Yanran, with Ye Chen, passed through a hidden door and headed to that secret basement, and out of curiosity, Tong Xingtong followed them.

"The walls here are one meter thick, made of concrete, with three steel doors, each fifty centimeters thick, plus a full-range infrared scanning system linked to an external security system that triggers an alarm if anyone intrudes!"

"If an intruder of unknown identity breaks in, the alarm will be triggered, and my security personnel will respond immediately. This security system is also coordinated with the police, who will deploy forces if there's an incident," she added.

"However, these three steel doors require highly sensitive fingerprint recognition to get through, making the chances of someone breaking in virtually zero."

As Chu Yanran walked, she introduced the meticulously built security system to Ye Chen, simple in explanation, yet involving countless features, truly a fortress.

"You've made this place so perfect, what was it originally intended for?" Ye Chen asked Chu Yanran, looking around the spacious basement curiously.

The basement was grand and majestic, seemingly having been constructed years ago, leaving Ye Chen wondering what Chu Yanran initially stored there.

However, anything stored in such a basement would definitely be no ordinary item.

"I've only used this basement once; a few years ago, when my business was soaring, and the price of gold was plummeting, I seized the opportunity and stored a hundred tons of gold here," Chu Yanran explained.

"You bought a hundred tons of gold!" Ye Chen was shocked. "Gold prices plummeted a few years ago, but they soared soon after. How much did you earn?"

"Not much, just seven or eight billion, but I only held onto that pile of gold for three months before selling it," Chu Yanran replied.

"Three months and you made seven or eight billion!"

Ye Chen was somewhat horrified; he knew Chu Yanran was a great earner, but he had not realized the extent of her financial prowess.

"Hmph, you've made a big fortune in this lifetime!" Chu Yanran said proudly.

"I certainly have, not only bagging a wealthy wife but also gaining a cheap son," Ye Chen heartily agreed.

"Scram!"

"Hmph, as expected, so greedy!" Tong Xingtong appeared like a ghost.

While following the two, the moment Ye Chen mentioned financial assets, she immediately jumped in, unable to let Chu Yanran be taken advantage of.

"Why did you also follow?" Chu Yanran asked.

"I'm here to protect you," Tong Xingtong said earnestly.

Chu Yanran suddenly felt embarrassed.

"Alright, let me prove myself," Ye Chen turned to Tong Xingtong. "That crazy woman, watch closely, I have plenty of gold and silver treasures, assets enough to scare you to death!"

"Talking nonsense just like farting!" Tong Xingtong crossed her arms, coldly scoffing at Ye Chen.

Ye Chen took out the Qiankun Bag, about to dump out the treasures inside, annoyed by Tong Xingtong's attitude.

"Tong Xingtong, you're absolutely courting death, dare you make a bet with me?" Ye Chen declared fiercely.

"What's the bet, bet what!" Ye Chen was intense, and Tong Xingtong was dismissive.

"Bet that within one hour, I can produce a wealth of ten billion, and pile it all up here in this basement!" Ye Chen said.

"Ten billion? You're not afraid your bold words will twist your tongue!" Tong Xingtong snickered. "But since you've said it, I'll let you die utterly convinced. Whatever you want to bet, I'll take the bet!"

Tong Xingtong thought Ye Chen was scheming something, unaware that he was foolishly overconfident, claiming he could generate ten billion in wealth within an hour, which made her stare at him in cold denial.

"Fine!"

"Look at you, holding that little pouch, chanting some spell, trying to show off?"

Ye Chen took out a small pouch, acting like a charlatan, which immediately disgusted Tong Xingtong.

"Heh."

Ye Chen gave a slight smile, went to a large open area, True Qi flowing in his palm, infusing into the Qiankun Bag, then he began to gently shake the small pouch.

"Bang!"

"Bang!"

"Clang! Clang!"

As treasures from the Qiankun Bag fell to the ground, making heavy clanking noises, with Ye Chen's True Qi fiercely rushing, more and more treasures fell out, eventually like dumping trash—dozens, then hundreds of items tumbled out.

"This, this, this!" Chu Yanran was so astounded she was at a loss for words.

Chu Yanran knew about Ye Chen's magical Qiankun Bag and that it could hold various treasures, but even with such expectations, the sight still inevitably shocked her.

"This is impossible!" Tong Xingtong covered her mouth, utterly stunned.

Ye Chen had bet with her, spouting all sorts of nonsense, and she thought he was merely bluffing her. Yet, upon witnessing this miraculous scene, she was dumbfounded.

"Could Ye Chen be an Immortal?"

Tong Xingtong shook her head in disbelief. The scene was beyond imagination, a small pouch spewing out such a massive pile of items, prompting her to harbor some bizarre and wicked thoughts.

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